Youth for Exchange and Understanding

Youth for Exchange and Understanding
Abbreviation YEU
Formation August 28, 1986 (1986-08-28)
Type INGO
Headquarters Avenue du Suffrage Universel, 49 - 1030 Brussels, Belgium
Official language
English
President
Antonio Lapadula
Website www.yeu-international.org

Youth for Exchange and Understanding (YEU) is an International Non-Governmental Non-profit Youth Organisation established in 1986 and member of the European Youth Forum in Brussels. YEU is recognized by the Council of Europe and the Directorate of Youth and Sports of the European Commission. YEU has its Head Office in Brussels, Belgium and a second office in Faro, Portugal from where it coordinates a network with more than 27 member organisations from Europe and North Africa. YEU is a non-profit International non governmental youth organisation (INGYO) independent of all political affiliation.

The Organisation

History

Youth for Exchange and Understanding was founded on 28 August 1986 in Strasbourg by a group of 120 young people from 11 different countries, a result of 4-year cooperation which started in Germany in 1983 with the first international meeting with participants from eight nations. Since 1989 it has been a member of the European Coordination Bureau. Today YEU is a member of the European Youth Forum and the Lifelong Learning Platform and it is considered by the Council of Europe and the European Union as an international non-governmental non-profit youth organisation.

Vision

Youth for Exchange and Understanding works to promote peace, understanding and co-operation between the young people of the world, in a spirit of respect for human rights.[1]

Mission

YEU is inclusive network of youth organisations, led by and for young people, promoting importance of active citizenship initiatives by using non-formal education as a tool in order to provide knowledge, skills and intercultural experience for personal and social development.

Structure

YEU is run by youth for youth with a democratic structure headed by a board of directors. It has two offices, the headquarter and administrative office in Brussels and a second office in Faro, Portugal. There are three main bodies within YEU, the administrative office (AO), the governing board (GB) and the assembly of member organisations (GA).

Member organisations are youth-led NGOs registered as autonomous entities in their own countries.

Activities

YEU is actively involved in the Erasmus+ framework and works closely with the European Youth Foundation to design and develop projects and events targeted at youth.

Members

Organisation Country Status
Act4Change  Belgium Full Member
A.T.O.M.  Italy Full Member
Agency for Development and Cooperation Cerebra  Bosnia and Herzegovina Full Member
Armenia Progressive Youth  Armenia Full Member
ArtWake Moldova  Moldova Full Member
Associação Movimento Juvenil em Olhão  Portugal Full Member
"Bridge to the Future" Youth Public Union  Azerbaijan Full Member
Center for Intercultural Dialogue  Macedonia Full Member
Center for Social Innovations "Centrifuge"  Serbia Full Member
CIM Horyzonty  Poland Full Member
Community Volunteers Foundation  Turkey Full Member
Development NO Borders  Egypt Full Member
Forum Connecting Cultures Morocco  Morocco Full Member
Foundation of Regional Initiatives  Ukraine Full Member
Impronta Giovani  Italy Full Member
Institute for Ukrainian studies  Ukraine Full Member
Ireli  Azerbaijan Full Member
Jaunimo mainai ir bendradarbiavimas  Lithuania Full Member
Jongeren voor Uitwisseling en Begrip  Netherlands Full Member
NAK Hellas  Greece Full Member
No Excuse  Slovenia Full Member
Resource Centee Leskovac  Serbia Full Member
Viimsi Youth Council  Estonia Full Member
YEU Albania  Albania Full Member
YEU Estonia  Estonia Full Member
Youth Exchange and Understanding Malta  Malta Full Member
Youth Exchange and Understanding Tunisia  Tunisia Full Member
Youth Exchange and Understanding Cyprus  Cyprus Full Member
ZID Montenegro  Montenegro Full Member
All-Russian Social Movement VMSM  Russia Observer Member
GEOECOPOL Association  Romania Observer Member
MUS-E Kosova  Kosovo Observer Member
Project2020  UK Observer Member
Youth Breath  Armenia Observer Member
United Societies of Balkans - U.S.B.  Greece Observer Member
La Fenice APS  Italy Observer Member

References

  1. "YEU website About Us section". YEU International.

External links

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